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(No Model.)

PtentedNov. .1, 1892.-

A. A. LYTLE. PEN AND 'PENCIL HOLDER.

f l UNITED STAfIEs PATENT OFFICE.

i ALTCN A. LYTLE, or GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN, AssIeNoR CE ONE-HALE 'roANDREW .ALLGIER or SAME PLACE.

vPI-:N AND PEIQCILV HOLDER. i

SPECIFICATION forming part of Lettersrjatent No.' 485,55adated November1,1892.

Application nea May 2s, isea -To @ZZ whomt't may concern;

Be it known thatl, ALTON A. LYTLE,a citig zen of the UnitedStates,residing at Grand g Rapids, inthe county of vKent and State of.`Michigan, have invented certain new and usesul Improvements in Pen andPencil Holders, 'of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in appliances for securing and.carrying pens, pencils, pen-fillers, scissors, rules, orany other smalltool desirable to carry in a convenient 'and safe manner in thevest-pocket; and its objects are, iirst, to provide a device forcarrying pens, &c., that will safely hold articles of dierent sizesorthicknesses side by side without danger of either falling out of thepocket; second, to provide a device 'for carrying pens, dac., in theVest-pocket with which the article cannot stick up or workout of thepocket; third, to provide a device for carrying fountain-pens, &c., inthe vest-pocket that will absorb any ink that may leak from the pe'n andprevent it from discoloring the vest or other clothing; fourth, toprovide a device for carrying pens, dac., in the vest-pocket that may beadjusted to the width of any Vest'- Y pocket, and, fifth, to provideadevice for holding pens, thc., that may be attached to the vest or othergarment without a pocket. I attain these results by the mechanismillustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is a frontelevation of my device. Fig. 2 is a vertical cross-section of the same.Fig. 3 is the spring or guard detached. Fig. 4 is an elevation of mydevice having an elastic strip inserted, so that the holder may be madeto fit snugly edgewise in any-sized vestpocket; and Fig. 5 shows mydevice provided with a means for attaching the holder to the .outside ofa garment.

Similar lettersrefer to similar parts throughout the several views.

I construct the body of my device in two parts, a front A and a back A',of plush or other material having one brushy surface the threads ofwhich are all inclinedin one direction at a sharp acute angle with thesurface of the fabric, so that when the front andback of my device arebrought together the plush 5o or projecting threads,hair, or whatever itmay be lined with will always incline downward,

Serial No. 434,082. (No model.)

as sho-wn in Fig.- 2,so that whenapen'or. any

article is drawn up out of the holder it will be necessary to drawagainst the bracing ends thereof, which-has a tendency always to hold 55them down and avertthe danger of their working out by the motion of thebody.

Theback ot` the holder extends above the front, as at A, and is thrownor curved back and provided with a stiffening material, as C 6o in Fig.2, that is inserted in or attached to the back'and holds it off from aperpendicular line for the purpose: first, of preventing it fromvfalling forwardand covering the opening of the holder and rendering oneliable to insert the pen or other article back of the holder; and,second, to act asa guide against which the pen, &c., may come in Contactand be guided into the holder without rendering it necessary tocarefully' adjust the holder for 7o the reception of the pen each timeit is inserted.

My appliance for attaching the holder to the pocket consists of aspring-wire guard or loop made of the form indicated in Fig. 3, so thatthe projecting arms b b will extend down the full length of the body ofthe holder v and press out solidly against its edges and answer thedouble purpose, rst, of stretching the holder and supporting it, and,second, of 8c causing the back and front to be held together theirentire size with 1an elastic firmness that will cause the instrumentinserted to embed itself into the projecting threads of the plush,instead of forcing them apart, and thus insure an independent andperfect bearing for each instrument the entire length of the holderwithout necessitating the construction of partitions to form areceptacle for each individual pen, pencil, &c., inserted, 9o whichlatter feature enables me to insert a greater number of articles in agiven space than would be otherwise possible. To avert all danger of theholdersliding down off of the guard or support, I form a series ofupwardly-inclined barbs along each arm, as at b b in Fig. 3, so thatwhen they are drawn up out of the body the barbs will engage with thefabric sufficiently to avert any danger of the holder being forced downott of the guard roo by the exertion necessary to insert the pen,pencil, or other article. The front or body tween the guard and the bodyof the holderV and 4render it necessary to exert a considerable force toremove it.

For the purpose of attaching my appliance to the outside of a garment-asa ladys dress or a gentlemans shirt when a vest is not worn-I provide asupport D,Vwhich I attach to the garment by means of buttonholes cl d inthe support and buttons CZ d on the garment or by any other suitablemeans, as with pins, hooks, dac., so that the body of the holder may beplaced between the support and the garment, with the-guard` outside oftheh support, as shown in Fig. which indi cates the exact manner ofattaching the holder either in the vest-pocket `or toy theabove-mentioned support, ,except that when inserted in thevest-pocketthe entire body of theholder is covered, while in thedrawings lthe lower portion shows below` the support.

When constructing a holder designed tobe adjusted tothe width of thepocket, so .that theentire width may be utilized for carrying theseveral implements desired,l insert ,an elastic section E between andsecure it to the edges of the body of theholder, as shown in Fig. 4, sothat it may be adjusted to various widths. I then give my guardsufficient scope and tensile strength to force itself out solidlyagainst the edges of the pocket, as indicated by the dotted lines A" andB in this figure. NVhen using this forni of holder, it is not necessarythat the front of the pocket should be clamped between the guard and thebodyof the holder, asin Fig. 5, 'as the pressure against the edgesof thepocket is suicient to hold it in position. I am, therefore, notrestricted to the use of this particular form of spring,.as any springthat will act to. expand the holder edgewise to the full width of thepocket will come within the spirit of my invention, and even a simpleplate of the proper width and shape may be used. In the construction ofthis style of holder I do not restrict myself to the use of a singleelastic webbing extending the entire length of the holder or to thewebbing attached to the front side of the holder, as it may be placedupon either side and the brushy surface of the plush outside, so thatthe instruments will be held between the plush and the wall of thepocket and still be within the scope of my invention, or it may be inserted at either or both edges of the holder.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is

1. In a pocket-pcnholder, a body having a flexible back and front unitedto form a loop, in combination with aplush lining upon each, theprojecting ends thereof inclining downward and pressed closely together,and a rnetallic spring having a downwardly-inclined bow B to forma guardand downwardly-projecting .parallel arms extending the entire length ofthe holder, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2.. Inapocket-penholdena body having a iiexible back and front formed asacontinuous loop, in combination with a plush lining covering the entireinner surface., thecprojecting threadSthereof inclined downward, anupward projection on the back,a stilfening material inserted and Securedbetween the fabric of said projection, and a metallic spring having adownwardly-inclined guard B and downwardly-projecting parallel armsb bof suliicient tensile strength to hold the holder iirmlyto position withthe back and front pressed snugly together, substantially as and for thepurpose set forth.

. 3. The combnation,in a pocket-penholder, of a body having a back offlexible material, with an elastic web inserted between its edges toform a continuous loop, a plushlining with the projecting, threadsinclining downward, and a metallic spring, a loop,anddownwardlyprojecting parallel ends with suliicient tensile strengthto stretch the elastic web so that the holder will adj ust itself to thewidthof various-sized pockets,substantially as and for the purpose setforth. t

. Signed at Grand Rapids, Michigan, this 18th day of May, A. D. 1892.

ALTON A. LYTLE.

In presence ofm ANDREW ALLGIER, ITHIEL J. CILLEY.

